
Stars:
Cate Blanchett,
Billy Crudup,
Michael Gambon,
Rupert Penry-Jones,
Anna Friel,
Catherine McCormack,
Rachel Weisz,
Steven Mackintosh
Director:
Gillian Armstrong
Summary: In 'Charlotte Gray', which is based on the novel by Sebastien Faulks, we hear the story of Charlotte who falls in love with an RAF pilot named Peter. Peter is dispatched on a mission to France and disappears, Charlotte is distraught and sets out to find him. 'Land Girls' tells of the Women's Land Army which is called in to help out whilst the men fight in the Second World War. Three such women, from very different backgrounds, converge on an isolated farm in Dorset.
Two movies celebrating the crucial roles women played in the second World War.
CHARLOTTE GRAY is a love story set in beautiful scenery played by an all-star cast. Here, Charlotte Gray (Cate Blanchett) is a Scottish woman in mid-WWII, living with an adventuresome pair of young female roommates. While attending a snooty book publishing party, Charlotte escapes from her girlfriends long enough to meet a British pilot, Peter with whom she falls in love. After a brief but passionate affair, Peter is sent on a mission to Nazi-occupied France where his plane is shot down...
THE LAND GIRLS: It's 1941. World War II continues to rage across Europe. The young men of England have been called to the front to fight. So, back at home, a new regiment is formed, and an army of England's young women are dispatched across the countryside to pick up the slack. Collectively known as "The Land Girls," three beautiful women (McCormack, Weisz, and Friel) answer the call, arriving at a farm in Dorset, where they meet handsome and volatile Joe (Mackintosh). Tragedy and passion is revealed as the girls form close friendships with each other and with Joe.